Battle of Mišar

Coordinates: 44°43′45″N 19°45′39″E / 44.7292°N 19.7608°E / 44.7292; 19.7608
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Battle of Mišar
Part of
First Serbian uprising

The Battle of Mišar
by Afanasij Scheloumoff
Date13–15 August 1806
Location
Mišar
Ottoman Empire (now Serbia)
44°43′45″N 19°45′39″E / 44.7292°N 19.7608°E / 44.7292; 19.7608
Result Serbian victory
Belligerents

Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire

Commanders and leaders
Strength
10,000 [1] 40,000
Casualties and losses
around 500 Over 6,000 killed

The Battle of Mišar (Serbian: бој на Мишару) was fought between Serbian revolutionaries and an Ottoman army, it took place from 13 to 15 August 1806 during the First Serbian Uprising.

After repulsing an Ottoman force at

Ottoman Army and its Bosnian allies. On the third day, the Serbian cavalry attacked and defeated the Ottomans, the insurgents then conquered the citadels of Šabac and Belgrade.[2]

Prelude

The Ottoman army made its way towards occupied Belgrade.

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Battle

The fighting began on Mišar Hill, with an opening charge of the Ottoman

Mehmed-beg Kulenović of Zvornik
. The Serbian rebels made a sconce in the form of a square, which measured 300 x 280 m. The rebel leader Karađorđe remained in the fortifications to keep the morale of the men. The fortification had trenches around it. The plan consisted of Karađorđe and the infantry remaining in the fortification, while the Serbian cavalry led by Luka Lazarević and Miloš Obrenović would wait for the moment to attack. The Serbian rebel cavalry, intended as a reserve, were situated close to the ditch near the village of Žabar. The Serbian sharpshooters were divided into two lines on the sconce parapet, and beside them were two lines of men who loaded the muskets in the trench beside the parapet.

The Serbian shooters and gunners mowed down the first line of cavalry and panic struck the Ottoman lines when the horsemen retreated into the infantry led by Kulenović. However, the Ottomans soon regrouped and engaged the Serbian infantry. At one point Serbian soldiers panicked and retreated to the sconce fortress, but Karađorđe took his sabre and ordered them to get back to their posts. Then he signaled for the charge of the Serbian cavalry from the opposite ends with two simultaneous cannon shots. Kulenović and the remaining Ottoman troops continued asymmetric efforts against the advancements of the Serbian rebels. Then Luka Lazarević charged with the cavalry, broke the Ottoman line, and the cavalry divided into two parts. One part charged boldly on Ottoman artillery. The first rank was killed, but the rest killed all the artillerymen, and arrived at the Ottoman headquarters, where chief-in-command Sulejman Pasha Skopljak was celebrating too soon. The fights at Mišar lasted several days with mutual losses, but the battle itself ended with the collapse of the Ottoman center and the exposure of the right and left columns. Kulenović and his Bosnian troops were killed on the battlefield. Some Serbian sources say that Kulenović was slain in a duel with Luka Lazarević, in which Luka was wounded. Other sources say that Kulenović was killed by riflemen who ambushed him after the duel. The remaining Ottoman Bosnian army fled in panic from the battlefield. Some crossed Drina, some were killed, and some crossed Sava.

Aftermath

During the battle, numerous Bosnian leaders, including beys and aghas, fell to the Serbian forces. The victory bolstered the morale of the lower class Christian population, within the Ottoman’s Eyelet of Bosnia, stoking their sense of identity and resistance.[4]

Legacy

A monument was erected in the village of Mišar commemorating the victory.

Mehmed-beg Kulenović is the central figure in Filip Višnjić's epic poem Boj na Mišaru ("Battle of Mišar"), in which Mehmed-beg's wife waits for news to be brought to her from the battlefield by two ravens
.

Gallery

  • The monument in Mišar.
    The monument in Mišar.
  • Mišar battle sconce earthwork 3D model.
    Mišar battle sconce earthwork 3D model.
  • Serbian position in the sconce redoubt.
    Serbian position in the sconce redoubt.
  • The Mišar Hill where the battle occurred.
    The Mišar Hill where the battle occurred.

See also

References

  1. ISBN 978-86-7025-371-1
    .
  2. ^ Jaques & Showalter 2007, p. 668.
  3. ^ Tomislav Šipovac, Boj na Mišaru, pp. 61–62
  4. ISBN 978-3-030-98523-3
    .

Sources

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